Corsair Distillery & Taproom sits in Nashville’s Marathon Village, a former car manufacturing complex turned creative hub at 1200 Clinton Street. Founded in 2008 by childhood friends Darek Bell and Andrew Webber, this operation started as a hobby that spiraled into one of Tennessee’s most experimental craft distilleries. Bell, a former brewing chemist, and Webber, who left behind a career in marketing, launched Corsair with a 240-gallon copper pot still and zero interest in playing it safe with traditional recipes. What began in a garage in Kentucky moved to Nashville in 2010, where the duo set up shop in the historic Marathon Motor Works building. They’re not your typical bourbon-focused Tennessee distillery—instead, they’ve built their reputation on weird and wonderful spirits that push boundaries. Bell, who serves as head distiller, treats the operation like a mad scientist’s laboratory, experimenting with everything from quinoa whiskey to pumpkin spice moonshine. The 15,000-square-foot facility houses multiple copper stills and serves as both production space and visitor destination. The Marathon Village location feels more like stepping into an industrial playground than a traditional distillery tour. You’ll walk through the production floor where Bell and his team are likely working on their next oddball creation, whether that’s aging whiskey in specialty barrels or distilling something that’ll make bourbon purists clutch their pearls. The attached taproom pours their extensive lineup alongside craft cocktails, and you can actually see the stills working while you drink. It’s loud, it’s a bit chaotic, and it perfectly captures the experimental spirit that makes Corsair worth seeking out.